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Gather Mine

Kevin Anderson 1965 (Ill)

Don't play with my emotions
Don't rock the boat in the middle of the ocean
Don't check my pockets for your next success
Don't play with my paper don't create a grave mess

If you can't figure it, outside of my pockets
What you need to do is kick rocks,  yes,  drop it
Money maybe at the root of all evil
You dig up my roots you'll also see dead people

Every one must pay their dues
Keeping what's mine know you'll lose
Playing games with my emotions is like playing with pocket change

From zero to super hero I get real strange
Don't play with my emotions
Pay your dues,  if not on time then in time
Gather up mine

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Written on June 09, 2021

Submitted by ande7557 on June 09, 2021

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Scheme Axbb xxcc dde eAxx
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 599
Words 121
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 4
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Kevin Anderson

From ghetto fabulous to military standards with customs and courtesies. The Path taken in life from the United States of America to far and distant lands has indubitably exposed me bare. The adventure has made the person; the man. Born in Illinois, raised in East St. Louis and Royal Lakes, from there the fam hightailed it to California. Dallied in Inglewood then Bompton or Compton, some do say. Signed my name on the dotted line bringing the world into full view. I joined the United States Air Force in 1986, fully retired in 2016, 30 years of honorable service and of making life do what it does so I can do what I do when I do what I do communicating my thoughts or a few. more…

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